Would you have MON back!!

[Greg N'Ash]

Milner is the only player MON signed who you can say we made a massive profit on. But then if DOL had the money we'd have probably have signed him earlier for half what we paid. Of the rest, Downing looks the only other one. Young, we'll be lucky to make 5m on him. Looking at our squad minus them 3, there's no-one bought in by MON who's a major asset.. Overall if you work out how much Cahill is worth now, then the whole MON period was a massive waste of resources, with nothing much to show a year later than old men, duds, Houllier's buys and our promising youth squad

Probably the best crop of youth players to come through at any club in recent years. It was about time someone mentioned his youth player legacy, I'm surprised it was you though ;-)

erm they were already here when he arrived. In fact he sold the best sodding one.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I think it is load of rubbish there is more chance of Smalll Heath playing in Champions League than Randy appoint MON again.

[Ger Regan]

A calmly expressed and well-reasoned post.

I do find it surprising that so many people appear to know exactly what happened when O'Neill left and are unable to imagine any circumstances that might have made his position untenable.

I don't think anyone can claim to know exactly what happened, but nothing, even anything being suggested by those who still support O'Neill, has convinced me that he had any justification for leaving 5 days before the start of the season.

[tommy_boy]

I would be amazed if the new manager achieves more than MON, but NO WAY!

HE LEFT US 5 DAYS BEFORE THE NEW SEASON!!

[russon]

I was happy with him and disappointed he left, would love to have him back, Milner & Cahill too.

[Villa'Zawg]

A calmly expressed and well-reasoned post.

I do find it surprising that so many people appear to know exactly what happened when O'Neill left and are unable to imagine any circumstances that might have made his position untenable.

I don't think anyone can claim to know exactly what happened, but nothing, even anything being suggested by those who still support O'Neill, has convinced me that he had any justification for leaving 5 days before the start of the season.

what would you say if he was given a budget to spend (subject to the sale of Milner), chose to spend it on McGeady and was knocked back by the board on the basis that they didn't think it was the right player to sign?

[KevinGage]

I would say the board got that absolutely spot on, as we already had three decent wingers on the books.

[The Moose]

MON AGAIN? NO WAY EVER,

[jonzy85]

I would say the board got that absolutely spot on, as we already had three decent wingers on the books.

So you are happy for our board (who have little to no footballing knowledge) to override the manager's decision on who to sign?

[Dave Clark Five]

Looking at possible vacancies, im struggling to see which club he would take over.
Im sure that he'd prefer a good size club, decent chairman/owner with some guarrantees of having at least a few bob to spend,  and TBH cant see many of those opportunities coming up at the moment. Maybe Sunderland at a push if things dont go as planned next season but other than them; MON could be a long time on the side lines.

The only other Scenario i can see fitting the criteria is to return back to VP.
The pros of such a reunion? Well,... Just look at the signings he made which have now either being called up to the full national team; OR have increased in their value since arriving. On the whole it quite a good record.  Add to that, the fact that he & RL may look back with a tinge of regret but both be wiser and stronger after the event. 

The cons of such a reunion; the reaction from the fans after the perception of being left in the lurch, and maybe having to reshape the team again for the season ahead.

What do you think. Would such a reunion be totally off the cards?

The man is an arsehole.

[KevinGage]

I wouldn't be happy if they were recommending targets or had a spiv like Silkman at West Ham doing deals above the managers head.

Ultimately it's their (or the Lerner trusts) money though, so they might have a veto on any deal they see as lacking in value.

[The Moose]

If the board's money leads them to thinking of reappointing O'Neill, they will lose most of the goodwill they still might have. A disastrous choice in my view.

[Dave Clark Five]

The bloke has just taken £2million off us for 'constructive dismissal' so he is a non-runner. 

[The Moose]

You'd think so....

[adrenachrome]

This thread is bizarre beyond belief.

Might as well have a thread about Margaret Thatcher being rejuvenated by the lizards and installed at the head of a new Thousand Year Reich.